Preventing Paralysis | Marching Towards a Cure | S4-E1

Preventing Paralysis | Marching Towards a Cure | S4-E1

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By the middle of the last century Americans lived in fear of one disease: polio. The story of the polio vaccine is not just a scientific story- it’s a political and financial one, too. One that would pave the way for medical research fundraising campaigns that followed.


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